The Distillery District with its 44 halls, in the southeast of Toronto was once the largest whiskey distillery in the British Empire. The company Gooderham and Worts built the premises in 1832 and produced already in the 1860s up to 2 million US gallons (7,600,000 L) of whiskey per year for the world market. Today […]
University of Toronto to College of Art & Design
The University of Toronto, founded in 1827 as a King’s college, counts as one of the top Twenty of the world and has approx. 60.000 students, including 6,000 international. Particularly the medical faculty is famous for pioneering achievements in the field of the research over insulin and diabetes and for the development of the first […]
Toronto, Chinatown and Kensington Market
Chinatown and Kensington Market lie in the western part of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Toronto’s Chinatown is, after Los Angeles and Vancouver, the third largest Chinatown in North America and the home to around half a million Chinese. A large part of the population in this district only speaks Chinese. A look at the labeling of […]
Eaton Centre in Toronto – Canada
The Eaton Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is named after Timothy Eaton, an Irish immigrant who opened a general store at this point, in 1869. It was the foundation stone for the former Eaton’s department store chain. One reaches the Eaton Centre via Queens or Younge Street. We were astonished to see relatively few people […]
Casa Loma
Casa Loma, the Hill House, is the quaintest building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Sir Henry Pellatt, a rich eccentric industrialist and financier, built the palace built from 1911 to 1914. It has nearly 100 rooms, of which the entrance hall, the ballroom and the conservatory are the most impressive. The interior decor is made of […]
Historic Fort York in Toronto – Canada
Historic Fort York of 1783 is regarded as origin of Toronto. It is the largest collection of old buildings from the War of 1812. During summer months, you can watch the hourly demonstrations in historical costumes. During a visit, one can clearly see the difference in comfort between officer and crew quarters. In 1615 the […]
Toronto Islands – a perfect place to relax
The Toronto Islands are a recreation area close to the banks of Lake Ontario. Like many cities in the world, the former docks have been developed as a tourist attraction and as an exclusive residential area. An apartment with a terrace in a building on the lake shore costs several million Canadian dollars. The Toronto […]
Toronto Downtown – City walk
Toronto is Canada’s largest city, with 5.2 million people in the metropolitan area. Directly located on Lake Ontario, Toronto is well connected with the near U.S. metropolises. It is the economic artery of the country and the capital of the province of Ontario. Next to the CN Tower is an old ring roundhouses, waiting for […]
CN Tower Toronto – Canada
Before the glittering facade of the Finance and Business District next to the Rogers Centre rises the huge 1,815 ft tall CN Tower, the landmark of Toronto in Ontario, Canada. On the CN Tower the eyes wander automatically across the skyline of downtown with the mighty skyscrapers of banks, insurance companies and consulting firms. In […]
